Boston University School of Law

Leonard H. Glantz

Education

Boston University College of Liberal Arts
A.B., 1970
Psychology

Boston University School of Law
J.D., 1973

Experience

Boston University School of Public Health
Associate Dean (1980-present)
Professor of Public Health (Health Law) (1985-present)
Acting Director (July 1989 - December 1989)
Associate Professor of Public Health (Health Law) (1985-present)

Boston University School of Medicine
Professor of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine (1985-present)
Associate Professor of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine (1981-1985)
Assistant Professor of Socio-Medical Sciences and Community Medicine (1977-1981)

Boston University School of Law, Center for Law and Health Sciences
Staff Attorney (1973-1978)

Member of the Bar

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  • United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
  • United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Professional Associations

  • Chair, Health Law Forum, American Public Health Association
  • Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
  • American Society of Law and Medicine
  • Massachusetts Public Health Association

Boards of Directors

1987 - Present Center for Drug Development, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts

1986 - Present The Acadia Institute, Bar Harbor, Maine

1985 - Present Chairman, Urban Medical Group, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

1984 - Present Medicine in the Public Interest, Boston, Massachusetts

1984 - Present Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research, Boston, Massachusetts

Editorial Boards

1974 - Present Associate Editor, Law, Medicine and Health Care(Quarterly publication of the American Society of Law and Medicine)

1979 - Present Editorial Board, IRB: A Review of Human Subjects Research(A publication of the Hastings Center)

University Committees

1987 - Present Chairman, Curriculum Committee, Boston University School of Public Health

1978 - Present Admissions Committee, Boston University School of Public Health

1980 - Present Institutional Review Board, Boston University Medical Center

Publications

Books

Annas, G.J., Glantz, L.H., Katz, B.K., Informed Consent to Human Experimentation: The Subjects Dilemma, Ballinger Press, Cambridge, MA, 1977

Annas, G.J., Glantz, L.H., Katz, B.K., The Rights of Doctors, Nurses, and Allied Health Professionals, Avon, New York, 1981 [Ballinger, 1983]

Grodin, M.A. and Glantz, L.H., eds., Children as Research Subjects: Science, Ethics and Law, Oxford U. Press, New York, 1994

Articles and Book Chapters

Annas, G.J., Glantz, L.H., Psychosurgery: The Law's Response, 54 B.U.L. Rev.249-67 (1974)
 Reprinted in Psychosurgery: A Multidisciplinary Symposium, Lexington Books, Lexington, MA 01974
 Reprinted in 8 Scalpel and Quill1 (Dec. 1974)
 Reprinted in C. Wecht, ed., 1975 Legal Medicine Annual, Appleton-Crofts, NY (1975)

Glantz, L.H., Feldman, S., Parker, R., Weisbuch, J., Medical Practice, Medical Education, and the Law, 49 J. of Med. Ed. 899-901 (1974)

Glantz, L.H., Medical Records and the Computer, 2 Medicolegal News 3-4 (1974)

Reider, A.E., Mason, J.R., Glantz, L.H., Certificate of Need: The Massachusetts Experience, 1 American Journal of Law and Medicine 13-40 (1975)

Glantz, L.H., "Legal Aspects of Fetal Viability," (In) A. Milunsky and G.J. Annas, eds., Genetics and the Law, Plenum Press NY, (1976) pp. 29-43

Glantz, L.H., The Impact of P.L. 93-641 on the State Certificate of Need Process, 4-5 Medicolegal News(1976)

Glantz, L.H., Does Medicine Care About Patients Rights? The Guthrie Foundation Bulletin(Fall, 1976) pp. 101-107

Glantz, L.H. Legal Aspects of Health Facilities Regulation, (In) H. Hyman, ed., Health Regulation Aspen Systems Corp., Germantown, M.D., pp. 75-99 (1977)

Glantz, L.H., Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Reverses Conviction of Dr. Kenneth Edelin, 5 Medicolegal News 3-4 (1977)

Glantz, L.H. and Swazey, J.P., Decisions Not to Treat: The Saikewicz Case and Its Aftermath, 2 Forum on Medicine 22-32 (1979)

Glantz, L.H., Commentary: Property Rights and Excised Tissue, 1 IRB5-6 (Oct. 1979)

Glantz, L.H., Recent Developments in Abortion Law, (In) Milunsky, A. and Annas, G.J., eds., Genetics and the Law II, Plenum Press, N.Y. (1980) pp. 213-224

Glantz, L.H., Legal Limits on the Right to Refuse Treatment, (In) J. Swazey, ed., Dilemmas of Dying, G.K. Hall, Boston (1981) pp. 53-62

Milunsky, A. and Glantz, L.H., Abortion Legislation - Implications for Medicine, 248 JAMA 833-4 (1982)

Glantz, L.H., Legal Aspects of Disclosure: What Constitutes "Confidential" Information? Huntington Review of Inherited Neuropsychiatric Disorders8-11 (1982)

Swazey, J.P. and Glantz, L.H., A Social Perspective on Compensation for Injured Research Subjects, The Ethical and Legal Implications of Programs to Redress Injured Subjects (Volume II), President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Washington, D.C. (1982) pp. 3-18

Glantz, L.H., Is the Fetus a Person? A Lawyers View, (In) Bondeson, et al., Abortion and the Status of the Fetus, D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht, Holland (1983) pp. 107-117

Hingson, R., Scotch, N., Mangione, T., Meyers, A., Glantz, L., Hereen, T., Lin, N., Mucatel, M., Pierce, G., Impact of Raising the Legal Drinking Age in Massachusetts, 73 American Journal of Public Health 163-170 (1983)

Glantz, L.H., The Role of Personhood in Treatment Decisions Made by Courts, 61 Milbank Memorial Foundation Quarterly 76-100 (1983)

Glantz, L.H., Limiting State Regulation of Reproductive Decisions, 74 American Journal of Public Health168-9 (1984)

Glantz, L.H., Contrasting Institutional Review Boards with Institutional Ethics Committee, (In) Doudera, ed., Institutional Ethics Committee and Health Care Decision-Making, Health Administration Press, Ann Arbor (1984) pp. 129-137

Glantz, L.H., Becoming a Lawyer: Education and Socialization, (In) J. Swazey and S. Scher, eds., Social Controls and the Medical Profession, Oelgeschlager, Gunn and Hain, Boston (1984) pp. 53-68

Glantz, L.H., Legal Issues in Withholding or Withdrawing Medical Treatment, 88 Chest175S-182S (1985, Supplement)

Glantz, L.H., Abortion: A Decade of Decisions, (In) Milunsky, A. and Annas, G.J., eds., Genetics and the Law III, Plenum Press, N.Y. (1985) pp. 295-308

Glantz, L.H., Mandating Health Insurance Benefits in the Private Sector: A Decision for State Legislatures, 75 American Journal of Public Health 1344-46 (1985)

Glantz, L.H., Abortion and the Supreme Court: Why Legislative Motive Matters, 76 American Journal of Public Health 1452-5 (1986)

Annas, G.J. and Glantz, L.H., Rules for Research in Nursing Homes, 315 New England Journal of Medicine 1157-8 (1986)

Annas, G.J. and Glantz, L.H., Right of Elderly Patients to Refuse Life-sustaining Treatment, 64 Milbank Quarterly 95-162 (1986, Supplement)

Glantz, L.H., Primary Care and the Law, (In) Noble, J. ed., Textbook of General Medicine and Primary Care, Little, Brown, Boston (1987) pp. 75-84

Baum, E., Grodin, M., Alpert, J., Glantz, L.H., Child Sexual Abuse, Criminal Justice and the Pediatrician, 79 Pediatrics 437-9 (1987)

Glantz, L.H., Withholding and Withdrawing Treatment: The Role of the Criminal Law, 15 Law, Medicine and Health Care 231-241 (1988)

Glantz, L.H., Allowing Babies to Die: The Legal Issues, (In) Evans, M., Fletcher, J., Dixler, A., and Schulman, J., eds., Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy: Science, Ethics and the Law, J.B. Lippencott, Philadelphia 1989 pp. 488-501

Glantz, L.H., A Nation of Suspects: Drug Testing and the Fourth Amendment, 79 American Journal of Public Health 1427-1431 (1989)
 Reprinted in N. Bernards, ed., War on Drugs: Opposing Viewpoints, Green Haven Press, San Diego, CA (1990)

Annas, G.J., Glantz, L.H., Mariner, W., The Right to Privacy Protects the Doctor-Patient Relationship, 63 JAMA 858-861 (1990)

Mariner, W., Glantz, L.H., Annas, G.J., Pregnancy, Drugs, and the Perils of Prosecution, 9 Criminal Justice Ethics 30-41 (Winter/Spring 1990)

Annas, G.J., Glantz, L.H., Scotch, N.A., Back to the Future: The IOM Report Reconsidered (editorial), 81 American Journal of Public Health, 835-837 (1991)

Glantz, L.H., Criminal Prosecution of Pregnant Drug Users: Bad Law and Worse Health Policy (editorial), 11 Addiction and Recovery 3 (July/August 1991)

Glantz, L.H., Grodin, M.A., Niki Goes to School - Autonomy, Control and Psychiatric Hospitalization, 1 Ethics and Behavior 275-278 (1991)

Glantz, L.H., The Influence of the Nuremberg Code on U.S. Statutes and Regulation, (In) Annas, G.J. and Grodin, M.A., eds., The Nazi Doctors and the Nuremberg Code: Human Rights in Human Experimentation, Oxford U. Press, N.Y. (1992) pp. 183-200

Glantz, L.H., Mariner, W.K., Annas, G.J., Risky Business: Setting Public Health Policy for HIV-Infected Health Care Professionals, 70 Milbank Quarterly 43-79, (1992)

Glantz, L.H., Legal Issues Regarding HIV Infection, (In) Libman, H. and Witzburg, R.A., Eds., HIV Infection: A Clinical Manual (Second Edition), Little Brown and Co., pp. 514-525, 1993

Glantz, L.H., Suing Tobacco Companies: Impact of a Landmark Case, Encyclopedia Brittanica, 1994 Medical and Health Annual, pp. 382-385

Markson, L.J., Kern, D.C., Annas, G.J., and Glantz, L.H., Physician Assessment of Patient Competence, 42 Journal of the American Geriatric Society1074-1080 (1994)

Glantz, L.H., Conducting Research with Children: Legal and Ethical Issues, 35(10) Journal of the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry1283-1291 (1996)

Roche, P., Glantz, L.H., Annas, G.J., The Genetic Privacy Act: A Proposal For National Legislation, 37 Jurimetrics1-12 (1996)

Markson, L., Clark, J., Glantz, L., Lamberton, V., Kern, D., & Stollerman, G. The Doctor's Role in Discussing Advance Preferences for End-of-Life Care: Perceptions of Physicians Practicing in the VA. 45 JAGS399-406 (1997)

Glantz, L.H. Controlling Tobacco Advertising: The FDA Regulations and the First Amendment. 87(3) American Journal of Public Health (March, 1997)

Glantz, L.H. A Most Uncivil Action (Book Review). 113 Public Health Reports87-89 (January/February 1998)

Glantz, L.H. Research with Children, 24 American Journal of Law and Medicine213-244 (1998)

Glantz, L.H., Annas, G.J., Grodin, M.A., Mariner, W.K., Research in Developing Countries: Taking “Benefit” Seriously, 28 Hastings Center Report 38-42 (1998)
 Reprinted in: Teays,W and Purdy, L, Bioethics, Justice and Healthcare, Wadsworth, Belmont, CA (2001)
 Reprinted in: Steinbrook, B, Arras, J, and London, L, Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine (6th ed. McGraw-Hill 2003)

Mansell, D, Kazis, L, Glantz, L, Heeren, T, Roles of Physicians, Attorneys, and Illness Experience in Advance Directives, 92 Southern Medical Journal 197- 203 (1999)

Glantz, L.H., Disability Definition Mess, 21 National Law Journal A15 (August 23, 1999)

Glantz, L.H. and Annas, G.J., Tobacco, the Food and Drug Administration and Congress, 343 New England Journal of Medicine 1802-1806 (December 2000)

Glantz, L.H., Pregnancy and Informed Consent to Research, 55 Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association, 263-264 (2000)

Glantz, LH, Ethical Challenges Facing New Healthcare Technologies, Regulatory Affairs Focus 24-27 (September 2001)

Glantz, L.H., Mad or Just Bad (Commentary on Kansas v. Crane), 24 National Law Journal A 21 (March 28, 2002)

Glantz, LH, Nontherapeutic Research With Children; Grimes v. Kennedy Krieger Institute, 92(7) American Journal of Public Health4-7 (July 2002)

Felson DT, Glantz L: A Surplus of Positive Trials: Weighing Biases and Reconsidering Equipoise, 6 Arthritis Research & Therapy 117-119 (2004) Glantz, LH, Keeping Genetic Secrets, 11 Lahey Clinic Medical Ethics 4 (Winter 2004)

Mariner, W.K., Annas, G.J., Glantz, L.H., Jacobsen v. Massachusetts : It’s Not Your Great- Great-Grandfather’s Public Health Law, 95(4) American Journal of Public Health 581-590 (April 2005)

Reports

Legal Aspects of Research on Children, Prisoners, and Members of the Armed Forces, National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, 1975-1976

Informed Consent in Veterans Administration Cooperative Studies: Legal and Ethical Issues, Veterans Administrations Comparative Studies Program, 1987 (with George Annas)

Withholding and Withdrawing of Life Sustaining Treatment for Elderly Incompetent Patients: A Review of Court Decisions and Legislative Approaches, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States 1985 (with George Annas)

Constitutional Implications of Scientific and Technological Advances in Public Health, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the United States, 1987

Appellate Briefs (Coauthor)

In the Matter of Spring, 405 N.E.2d 115 (Mass. 1980) (on the role of substituted judgment in treatment refusals) (on behalf of the American Society of Law and Medicine as amicus curiae)

In the Matter of Philip Eichner, In the Matter of John Storar, 52 N.Y.2d 363 (1981) (on the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment through an advance directive) (on behalf of Concern for Dying as amicus curiae)

Bartling v. Superior Court, 209 Cal. Rptr., 220 (Cal. App. 2 Dist. 1984) (the right to refuse treatment) (on behalf of William Bartling as co-counsel)

In the Matter of Claire Conroy, 486 A.2d 1209 (N.J. 1985) (on the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment) (on behalf of Concern for Dying as amicus curiae)

Brophy v. New England Sinai Hospital, 497 N.E.2d 626 (Mass. 1986) (the right to refuse treatment by advance directive and substituted judgment) (on behalf of Concern for Dying as amicus curiae)

Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, 109 S.Ct. 3040 (1989) (on the right to abortion) (on behalf of Bioethicists for Privacy as amicus curiae)

Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Dept. of Health, 110 Sup.Ct. 2841 (1990) (the constitutional "right to die") (on behalf of Concern for Dying as amicus curiae)

Jennifer Johnson v. State of Florida, 602 So.2d 1288 (Fla. 1992) (on criminalizing cocaine delivery to a neonate via the umbilical cord) (on behalf of the American Society of Law and Medicine as amicus curiae)

Vacco v. Quill, 117 S.Ct. 2293 (1997) and Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258 (1997) (Brief for Bioethics Professors amicus curiae Supporting Petitioners on the constitutionality of state laws that outlaw assisted suicide)

Teaching Activities

School of Public Health (Semester-long courses)

Public Health Law I
(LW 751)
1974 - Present

This lecture course is taught with George Annas. It is a broad overview of the role of law in the creation and enforcement of public health policy.
Children At Risk
(LW 754)
1978 - Present

This seminar is team taught with Dr. Joel Alpert. It explores the medical, legal and social risks children encounter, and how the legal system working with health professionals can address these problems.

Mental Health Law
(LW 854)
1978 - 1989

This seminar deals with a broad array of mental health law and policy, including commitment, treatment refusals, the insanity defense and similar topics.

   

School of Medicine (18 hours)

Law and Medicine
1976 - Present

Originally taught in 1976 as an elective in the School of Medicine, it became a required medical school course in 1983. Since that time, this course has been taught with George Annas. It is designed to introduce medical students to the intricacies of the law of the doctor-patient relationship so that they will be more effective physicians and protect the rights as well as the welfare of their patients.
   

Undergraduate(Fall Semester)

Medicine and the Law (SO 421)
1978 - 1994

This course is designed for students in early admission and enriched programs and is sponsored by the School of Medicine.
   

Teaching Awards (School of Public Health)

  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Spring 1988, Children At Risk, LW 754
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Spring 1990, Children At Risk, LW 754
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Fall 1990, Public Health Law I, LW 751
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Fall 1991, Public Health Law I, LW 751
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Spring 1993, Children At Risk, LW 754
  • Norman A. Scotch Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1993